New Genesis Index
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Verses and Passages
- 1:1-3 — Bereshith
- 1:5 — example of Merism
- 1:6-9 — The waters above and below the earth
- 1:7 — the waters above the firmament
- 1:11-12 — textual indication that the seven days are not to be taken literally
- 1:11-24 — Baraminology and micro-evolution within the kinds.
- 1:21 — the Tanninim
- 1:26 etc See The Image and Likeness of God. See Adam for the significance of his name.
- 1:26-27 — creation of humankind
- 1:27 — New Testament references to "the beginning"
- 1:31 — Meaning of "very good"
- 2:4 — See note from Jewish Study Bible here re where the division between the two narratives is.
- 2:6 — Inundation or irrigation watered the garden that God created in Eden
- 2:7 etc See Literal and Figurative Creation in the Bible
- 2:7 — BASF; Breath of Life; made from the dust
- 2:9,17 — Tree of Life and The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
- 2:17 — BASF Clause IV and "Thou shalt not eat thereof..."; The Two Trees
- 2:17 cf. 3:3 — the first mistake, an example of Adding to the Word
- 2:18-20 — Creation of animals and birds and the search for a partner for the man. Translators' efforts to harmonise the two Genesis creation narratives.
- 2:20-23 — Biblical Objections to Evolution
- 2:21-22 — Adam's Deep Sleep, Eve
- 2:24 — See New Testament references to "the beginning"
- 3:6 — "existence" of the sin
- 3:14-15 — Problems with Literal Readings of Genesis 2:4-3:24
- 3:15-19,22-23 — BASF Clause V
- 3:17 - translation — the word Adam possibly used as a personal name (as per Masoretic Text)
- 3:17-19 — The punishment of Adam (PQRC 8)
- 3:19 — BASF Clause III
- 3:20 — biassed translation in New International Version (NIV)
- 3:22-24 — The Tree of Life; knowing good and evil
- 4:13-14, 4:14-15,17,25,17-26,5:3-4,6:1-2 — see Biblical evidence that people are not descended from a single male ancestor
- 5:1-5 — Adam's daughters; the first time adam is a proper name ("Adam") - see "adam" the common noun
- 5:3-4 — Does the text say Adam had daughters before he begot Seth?
- chh 7 - 9 — The Flood
- 6:1-3 — The Breath of Life
- 6:4 — cited by C. C. Walker as possible support for evolution of birds
- 6:17 — The Breath of Life
- 7:4 — Theistic Meteorology analogous to Theistic Evolution
- 7:11 — The waters above and below the earth & "the fountains of the great deep"
- 7:22 — נשמת־רוח חיים Neshamah Ruach hayyim "the spirit of the breath of life"
- 8:2 — The waters above and below the earth
- 8:21 — entry of sin and death into the human world
- 12:3 — part of a composite New Testament reference.
- 13:14 — Zaphon
- 13:14-17 — BASF Clause XXI
- 14:18-22 — El Elyon, the most high God
- 18:25 — Asking the hard questions
- 18:27 — Humankind is made from the dust. Cited in BASF Clause IV
- 22:18 — part of a composite New Testament reference.
- 28:12-13 — The Image and Likeness of God
- 22:18 — BASF Clause VII
- 36:31-43 — a passage of Genesis not written by Moses, according to Robert Roberts.
- 46:15 — Compressed Genealogies
- 48:16 — guardian Angels
Themes
The Beginning
- Translation of Genesis 1:1
- 1:1-3 Bereshith in construct form
- Wilfred Lambert on the translation of Genesis 1:1
- Before the Beginning
- Before the world existed
- The Primal Sea
- "Phenomenal" and limited astronomical language: Language of the Bible
The End of the Beginning
- Does the Genesis text rule out further creation?
Discussion of the Creation account(s)
Word usage
- the create-form-make trio
- the word and name אדם adam
- 2:3 — God's "rest"
- Use of the word "Record"
- 2:6 — Inundation or irrigation watered the garden that God created in Eden
How many creation accounts?
- Comparing the two accounts of the Creation in Genesis (Are there two accounts?)
- Other references to creation in Scripture
Approaches to Reading
- 2:4 — Arguments for literal 24-hour days
- A Literal Reading of Genesis 1:1 to 2:3
- 2:4-25 Overview of the "second account"
- 2:7 — Created, Formed and Made, Formed from the dust, The Breath of Life and Where was Adam formed?
- 2:8 — Adam was not made in the Garden of Eden
- Eden as background to New Testament — Chapters 1 to 5 (N. T. Wright)
Credal and Controversial matters
See also
